Schemenaur said Tuesday he hoped the DNA tests would be completed later this week.

Authorities earlier said the results of other tests conducted on the badly decomposed remains that could reveal a cause of death might not be available for as long as 12 weeks.

Convicted felon Curtis Ray Neal, 33, also of Dunkirk, faces charges of false informing and obstruction of justice in Delaware County for providing bogus information to police that prompted fruitless searches for DiBattiste's remains in Muncie and southeastern Grant County in mid-August.